Sylvia locked the bathroom door, but didn’t know why she bothered. She plopped down on the closed commode lid and listened to the rush of two voices outside, “I didn’t know she’d come home,” her husband apologized. “Well, you better next time,” the feminine voice returned. She couldn’t cry; it…
I never liked Bob. I liked him even less when I found out about him. He moved down the street last year. We assumed he was just your average Joe Lunchbucket, and from all appearances he was. He worked at the bank, like several other people on our street. His…
Belinda Davenport contacted me on social media two months ago. We were best friends in high school, but went onto different colleges in differing states. We lost contact. I loved thoughts of catching up. So, I met Belinda for lunch at a trendy bistro on First and Main. She said…
There, where the seagulls fly Where land meets sea, ocean meets sky In the warm summer sun You smiled at me, our laughter had just begun The comforting rays, warming the sands Guiding the wind with a single hand Nothing could bring storm clouds in And there our dream Would…
She wakes to a thunderstorm Maybe the rain is lethal Bringing back old memories Love isn’t always equal Deafening thunder rolls on Sounds just like a beating heart A blinding blade of lightning Slices the morning apart Maybe the dawn is warning Is screaming out in pain All of the…
Drown myself In this shadowed sea Only sad and pale You won’t come back to me And maybe when I let go I’ll be pulled under Your voice is like thunder Swimming in a sea of tattered dreams On the borderline Of sorrow’s insanity Won’t you hold me Before I…
Among the trees, the moon’s on the rise I’m set free just, by your eyes And the bell keeps tolling softly… The rose has wilted away The petals all around Must I really leave today? Still, I know I’m heaven-bound The bell keeps tolling softly Ever so softly to me…
Why is it only beauty I can never see? Why is it the beast always glaring straight at me? You hear a single whisper, a forlorn compliment, And you don’t know the beauty on which their breath was spent. You never see the light or the writing on the wall,…
Days are gone Days are gone Bleeding reminiscence Days are gone Days are gone Far beyond remembrance If the dream should shatter If the memory should fade Welcome to my world Only dream of better days Take the theory from your heart Take the hope from your mind…
Where did you go my friend? Why won’t this sadness end? When did those dreams expire? Why did those feelings retire, And leave me alone to burn on the pyre? I know yesterday lied, Said the feeling was denied. When did the world become so cruel? I’m still the…